Jeremiah 3:6

Easy To Read Version

The Lord spoke to me during the time King Josiah was ruling the nation of Judah. The Lord said: “Jeremiah, you saw the bad things that Israel {\cf2\super [15]} did? You saw how she was unfaithful to me. She did the sin of adultery with idols on every hill and under every green tree.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

The people built high places, stone memorials, and sacred poles. [177] They built them on every high hill and under every green tree.

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He was king for 31 years in Jerusalem.

Psalm 106:39

So God’s people became dirty with the sins of those other people.\par God’s people were unfaithful to their God\par and did the things those other people did.\par

Isaiah 57:3

“Come here you children of witches.\par Your father is guilty of sexual sins,\par and your mother sells her body for sex.\par Come here!\par

Isaiah 57:7

You go up to those places\par and offer sacrifices. {\cf2\super [442]} \par

Jeremiah 1:2

The Lord began to speak to Jeremiah during the days when Josiah was king of the nation of Judah. Josiah was the son of a man named Amon. The Lord began to speak to Jeremiah in the 13th year that Josiah was king. {\cf2\super [2]}

Jeremiah 11:10

Those people are doing the same sins that their ancestors did. Their ancestors {\cf2\super [93]} refused to listen to my message. They followed and worshiped other gods. The family of Israel and the family of Judah have broken the Agreement {\cf2\super [94]} I made with their ancestors.”

Jeremiah 17:2

Their children remember the altars\par that were dedicated to false gods.\par They remember the wooden poles\par that were dedicated to Asherah. {\cf2\super [136]} \par They remember those things\par under the green trees and on the hills.\par

Jeremiah 3:8

Israel was unfaithful and Israel knew why I sent her away. Israel knew that I divorced her because she did the sin of adultery. But that did not make her unfaithful sister afraid. Judah, was not afraid. Judah also went out and acted like a prostitute.

Jeremiah 31:22

Unfaithful daughter,\par how long will you wander around?\par \{When will you come home?\}”\par

Jeremiah 5:11

The family of Israel and the family of Judah\par have been unfaithful to me in every way.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 7:24

“But your ancestors {\cf2\super [64]} did not listen to me. They did not pay attention to me. They were stubborn and did the things they wanted to do. They did not become good. They became even more evil—they went backward, not forward.

Ezekiel 16:31

\{God said,\} “But you were not exactly like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [126]} You built your mounds at the head of every road and you built your places of worship at every street corner. You had sex with all those men. But you did not ask them to pay you like a prostitute does.

Ezekiel 16:35

Prostitute, {\cf2\super [127]} listen to the message from the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:28

But I still brought them to the land I promised to give to them. They saw all the hills and green trees, so they went to all those places to worship. They took their sacrifices and anger offerings {\cf2\super [144]} to all those places. They offered their sacrifices that made a sweet smell and they offered their drink offerings at those places.

Ezekiel 23:11

“Her younger sister, Oholibah, saw all these things happen. But Oholibah did more sins than her sister! She was more unfaithful than Oholah.

Ezekiel 23:4

The older daughter was named Oholah. {\cf2\super [180]} And her sister was named Oholibah. {\cf2\super [181]} Those sisters became my wives. And we had children. (Oholah is really Samaria. And Oholibah is really Jerusalem.)

Hosea 11:7

“My people expect me to come back. They will call to God above. But God will not help them.”

Hosea 4:13

They make sacrifices on the tops of the mountains and burn incense {\cf2\super [39]} on the hills under oak trees, poplar trees, and elm trees. {\cf2\super [40]} The shade under those trees looks nice. So your daughters lie under those trees like prostitutes. And your daughters-in-law do their sexual sins.

Judges 2:17

But the people of Israel did not listen to their judges. The people of Israel were not faithful to God—they followed other gods. [19] In the past, the ancestors [20] of the people of Israel obeyed the Lord’s commands. But now the people of Israel changed and stopped obeying the Lord.